Personally, I moved from piracy to a premium Spotify subscription. Don't get me wrong, I've bought a lot of CDs and a lot of LPs, in fact here's my collection on Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/user/H... (I'm only ~halfway through scanning my CDs, and I haven't started on the LPs yet).
But I pirated a hell of a lot more than I bought legitimately. At one point, I just reasoned with myself "am I really so fucking cheap, that $10 is enough to make me keep downloading illegally?"
Once a good enough legal option comes along, you can at least win over the "casual pirates", and people like me who could never keep up with all the music they like, in a legal way.
Yeah, it certainly couldn't be due to language/accent barriers, or low qualifications, or bad vibes from the interview process... no, no, no, they're all racists, sexists, and bigots who want to keep the minorities down. Sounds quite a bit like a crazy conspiracy theory, doesn't it?
I am talking about people where those barriers do not exist, people who are second or even third generation citizens, people with the relevant education (achieved in this country!), with a good work ethic.
The statistic don't lie. You are more likely to be turned down if your name is "ethnic sounding" and you're not white.
We're banging against the physical limits of silicon, which is why Intel and other companies are trying to find a replacement that will allow finer litography.
When that happens, we will see further increases in system power, instead of the relative plateuing we've been seeing for a couple of years.
I recently bought a 5 year old Thinkpad T420 through a refurb dealer. It has a second-gen 2.5GHz i5 and keeps up just fine with anything I can throw at it, short of 3D games (mostly due to the Intel integrated graphics). It doesn't feel meaningfully slower than my current work PC, which is several generations newer in every way. And once I upgrade it to 16GB RAM and an SSD, it'll be on par with the average laptop sold today.
It's not rightist and centrists who keep bringing traits like race, gender, sexual preference, and so on into every situation and discussion. They aren't constantly pushing identity politics. It's the leftists who are doing that.
That's only because the rightwingers and other assorted bigots are perfectly OK with the status quo, where brown people, non-straight people, women and people with middle-eastern sounding names are routinely rejected for jobs at much higher rates than straight white males.
Reading Larry's blog post about this gives me visions of a high-functioning autist or even sociopath who doesn't understand why everyone just doesn't agree with him, god damnit, but if he just writes enough about it, he'll sway people to his point of view. And of course, he has never ever been wrong about anything. Ever. At least not in his own mind.
I've been there myself, I've had friends with the same tendencies, it's rather disturbing.
If that strictly personal belief did not negatively influence the quality of his work, and if he was not in any sort of managerial position, why should his personal beliefs matter?
I'd like to introduce you to the speed bumps on the road in front of my apartment building. Speed limit 50kph, recommended speed 30kph, bumps that destroy suspension at any speed above 15kph.
We almost certain disagree wildly when it comes to politics, and probably other subjects, but that's fine, and I agree with you 100% on this issue. I've done some of the most productive and enjoyable work in my life alongside people with whom I do not share a lot of viewpoints, but it doesn't matter. We were there to do a job, and we worked well together and produced great results, despite our personal differences. Maybe even because of them. And yes, we had some spirited discussions over lunch, but when it was time to work, we worked together.
People's private lives are private. Unless they decide to make it a problem, it's not a problem, and shouldn't get in the way of Getting Shit Done.
Apparently we disagreed on something in the past, and I marked you as a Foe (and so has one of more of my Friends, apparently), but I just want to add that I agree 100% with you here.
The best possibility is to find a version of Linux that does what you want it to, install it, then keep it far away from any and all internet connections. That is the only hope you have that it won't try to update itself, install new versions or discover that external stuff it expected to find has mysteriously been moved or deleted by the notional owner.
RMS is right about a lot of stuff. Sometimes it took 20 or 30 years for him to be proven right, but he saw it coming and didn't have to resort to logical fallacies. That's insight.
Please point out which part of my statement was wrong. Also, please note that I did not contradict the OP, I merely added to his post, further elaborating on who RMS his personality.
"Nostradamus and Jules Verne were right about a lot of stuff. It took hundreds of years for them to be proven right, but they saw it coming and didn't have to resort to logical fallacies."
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Personally, I moved from piracy to a premium Spotify subscription. Don't get me wrong, I've bought a lot of CDs and a lot of LPs, in fact here's my collection on Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/user/H... (I'm only ~halfway through scanning my CDs, and I haven't started on the LPs yet).
But I pirated a hell of a lot more than I bought legitimately. At one point, I just reasoned with myself "am I really so fucking cheap, that $10 is enough to make me keep downloading illegally?"
Once a good enough legal option comes along, you can at least win over the "casual pirates", and people like me who could never keep up with all the music they like, in a legal way.
But they have supporters all over the globe! They can't all be wrong!
Yeah, it certainly couldn't be due to language/accent barriers, or low qualifications, or bad vibes from the interview process... no, no, no, they're all racists, sexists, and bigots who want to keep the minorities down. Sounds quite a bit like a crazy conspiracy theory, doesn't it?
I am talking about people where those barriers do not exist, people who are second or even third generation citizens, people with the relevant education (achieved in this country!), with a good work ethic.
The statistic don't lie. You are more likely to be turned down if your name is "ethnic sounding" and you're not white.
We're banging against the physical limits of silicon, which is why Intel and other companies are trying to find a replacement that will allow finer litography.
When that happens, we will see further increases in system power, instead of the relative plateuing we've been seeing for a couple of years.
I recently bought a 5 year old Thinkpad T420 through a refurb dealer. It has a second-gen 2.5GHz i5 and keeps up just fine with anything I can throw at it, short of 3D games (mostly due to the Intel integrated graphics). It doesn't feel meaningfully slower than my current work PC, which is several generations newer in every way. And once I upgrade it to 16GB RAM and an SSD, it'll be on par with the average laptop sold today.
It's not rightist and centrists who keep bringing traits like race, gender, sexual preference, and so on into every situation and discussion. They aren't constantly pushing identity politics. It's the leftists who are doing that.
That's only because the rightwingers and other assorted bigots are perfectly OK with the status quo, where brown people, non-straight people, women and people with middle-eastern sounding names are routinely rejected for jobs at much higher rates than straight white males.
I'm guessing your last name isn't "Abdul" or "Hussein".
Illegal discrimination is alive and well.
Yeah, maybe you're right.
Reading Larry's blog post about this gives me visions of a high-functioning autist or even sociopath who doesn't understand why everyone just doesn't agree with him, god damnit, but if he just writes enough about it, he'll sway people to his point of view. And of course, he has never ever been wrong about anything. Ever. At least not in his own mind.
I've been there myself, I've had friends with the same tendencies, it's rather disturbing.
If that strictly personal belief did not negatively influence the quality of his work, and if he was not in any sort of managerial position, why should his personal beliefs matter?
I'd like to introduce you to the speed bumps on the road in front of my apartment building. Speed limit 50kph, recommended speed 30kph, bumps that destroy suspension at any speed above 15kph.
If it's all conducted between consenting adults, who cares if it's a lifestyle, as long as they don't try to impose it on others against their will?
We almost certain disagree wildly when it comes to politics, and probably other subjects, but that's fine, and I agree with you 100% on this issue. I've done some of the most productive and enjoyable work in my life alongside people with whom I do not share a lot of viewpoints, but it doesn't matter. We were there to do a job, and we worked well together and produced great results, despite our personal differences. Maybe even because of them. And yes, we had some spirited discussions over lunch, but when it was time to work, we worked together.
People's private lives are private. Unless they decide to make it a problem, it's not a problem, and shouldn't get in the way of Getting Shit Done.
Apparently we disagreed on something in the past, and I marked you as a Foe (and so has one of more of my Friends, apparently), but I just want to add that I agree 100% with you here.
Discrimination is simply wrong, in all forms.
Probably. English is not my first language.
Ooh, I can smell the butthurt RMS fanboys from here.
It's called "English is not my first language".
To be honest, I have absolutely no idea. Apparently not all Android apps run flawlessly (yet?), so it's a bit of a tossup. I wouldn't count on it.
The best possibility is to find a version of Linux that does what you want it to, install it, then keep it far away from any and all internet connections. That is the only hope you have that it won't try to update itself, install new versions or discover that external stuff it expected to find has mysteriously been moved or deleted by the notional owner.
He was asking about Linux, not Windows 10.
No, you get to understand the Gentoo approach, and how to follow a step-by-step guide, but it doesn't actually teach you WHY you're doing it.
I see the rabid screamingly autistic RMS fanboys with mod points are out in full force today :-)
Au contraire. Acting like a reasonably normal human being will allow you to interact with a significantly larger and more influential group of people.
Where did I state that he was wrong? I merely elaborated on his personality, which is extremely grating.
Your ad-hom was modded insightful. It's not.
RMS is right about a lot of stuff. Sometimes it took 20 or 30 years for him to be proven right, but he saw it coming and didn't have to resort to logical fallacies. That's insight.
Please point out which part of my statement was wrong. Also, please note that I did not contradict the OP, I merely added to his post, further elaborating on who RMS his personality.
"Nostradamus and Jules Verne were right about a lot of stuff. It took hundreds of years for them to be proven right, but they saw it coming and didn't have to resort to logical fallacies."
Nostradamus and Jules Verne were also right about some things.
RMS was right.
RMS is also an opinionated boomer hippie asshole.
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